• OneRepublic drummer arrested for assault

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    Drummer Eddie Fisher of OneRepublic was arrested May 15 in Denver.

    DENVER -- Drummer Eddie Fisher of the alternative rock band OneRepublic was arrested in Denver on Tuesday on suspicion of assault, disturbing the peace and destruction of private property, police said.

    There was no immediate word from authorities on what led to the arrest, but Fisher, 38, was being held without bond at the Denver city jail, according to the Denver Sheriff's Office.

    Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson said the musician was taken into custody Tuesday morning but he had no details on the circumstances of the case.

    Fisher was scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday.

    He grew up in Southern California, but his band has spent recent years based in Colorado.

    OneRepublic's frontman and composer is Ryan Tedder, who has also gained notice as a songwriter for other artists, such as Blake Lewis and Hilary Duff.

    The group has scored hits with the songs "Stop and Stare" and "Apologize," the latter selling a record-shattering 4.3 million digital downloads in the United States alone, the most ever for a single in America. "Apologize" also went platinum in other countries and broke airplay records in Britain.

    The band's first album, "Dreaming Out Loud," debuted in 2007, followed by "Waking Up" in 2009.

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  • Katherine Heigl, Josh Kelley name adopted baby Adalaide

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    Josh Kelley and Katherine Heigl

    Izzy named her baby Addie! Katherine Heigl and husband Josh Kelley have been very quiet about their recently adopted daughter. But now, a rep says the actress, 33, and singer, 32, tells Us Weekly what they've named their bundle of joy: Adalaide Marie Hope Kelley.

    Born and adopted domestically, little Adelaide has a big sister in Naleigh, the couple's older daughter, whom they adopted in South Korea back in 2009. 

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    The newly expanded family stepped out for Mother's Day on Sunday in Beverly Hills, with Adelaide covered up with a blanket in a baby carrier.

    "Everyone is doing great!" a source tells Us. 

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    "Josh and I started talking about [adoption] before we were even engaged," "One for the Money" star Heigl said in February of her hubby of five years. "My sister Meg is Korean, and my parents adopted her three years before I was born. I wanted my own family to resemble the one I came from, so I always knew I wanted to adopt from Korea." 

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  • Kids re-enact Beastie Boys' 'Sabotage' video in tribute to Adam Yauch

    The Beastie Boys' 1994 video for "Sabotage," directed by Spike Jonze, appears on plenty of lists of best videos of all time. In it, the band dresses up like characters in a 1970s cop show, complete with caterpillar-like mustaches, obvious wigs and some seriously awesome parody jabs at that goofy television genre.

    Fans loved it, but it was beaten out at the 1994 MTV Video Music Awards by Aerosmith's "Cryin'" and R.E.M.'s "Everybody Hurts," leading to a great moment where late Beastie MCA (Adam Yauch as his alter ego Nathaniel Hornblower) jokingly rushed the stage to pull a Kanye years before Kanye did it to Taylor Swift.

    But the video has staked out its own spot in pop culture, and now, with fans and bandmates still mourning Yauch, it's getting renewed attention with a junior edition dedicated to the late musician.

    A version of the video has been made featuring kids in the starring roles, complete with paper-and-Magic-Marker megaphones, fake guns they can barely lift, a briefcase holding Pop Rocks, a splashdown in a kiddie swimming pool, a clash involving the game Connect 4, and even mock cop show credits a la the Beasties' original version. Have a look. You know you planned it.

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  • Stay classy: 'Anchorman 2' teaser will debut with 'Dictator' screenings

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    Will Ferrell as "Anchorman" Ron Burgundy.

    Ron Burgundy said so himself -- the first teaser for “Anchorman 2” will be revealed Tuesday at midnight showings of Sacha Baron Cohen's new film, “The Dictator.”

    “Dont get Twirter,” tweeted Will Ferrell's fictional newscaster on Monday. ““Anchorman 2” teaser with Dictator [tomorrow] night. Don’t know what a teaser is. World is crazy? Having a scotch.”

    According to the Chicago Tribune, that confirmation came after a few excited fans leaked the news, which Paramount then confirmed. Teasers are usually much shorter than full trailers and sometimes include footage not seen in the film -- which makes sense in the case of "Anchorman 2," since the film won't be released until 2014, 10 years after the original.

    The film may be two years off, but fans are excited about the sneak peek.

    Tweeted movie blogger Nine Daves, ‏”A reason to see #thedictator! the #anchorman2 teaser will run during previews. it's kind of a big deal. people know it.”

     ‏”Is it bad that I'm considering paying for The Dictator just to see the teaser for Anchorman 2?” wrote Kassie Smith.

    The follow-up to the much-quoted 2004 flick comes as a result of fan-fueled demand, co-writer and director Adam McKay told Salon in April. And he feels it fits the times.

    “'Anchorman' is a movie that certainly fit the time when it came out and every year it gets more and more relevant,” McKay said. “Part of what inspired the movie was just how ridiculous the news had become. It was all ratings-driven. The people were getting better and better looking. The weather women were getting outrageously beautiful. It was all about the voice and the hair. Since we made the movie it’s gone even more so in that direction. We talk about all these anchormen on the air now and they’re all kind of Ron Burgundy-esque guys.”

    The director wouldn't give away too much, but did drop a few hints about the plot.

    “I’ll say one phrase for you: custody battle. I’ll give you that. I’ll give you one other one: bowling for dollars,” he said.

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  • 'Dictator' will delight fans of Sacha Baron Cohen

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    Sacha Baron Cohen as "The Dictator."

    REVIEW: Sacha Baron Cohen's shotgun blasts of scabrous humor hit more than they miss in "The Dictator," a self-consciously outrageous send-up of a mad-dog Middle Eastern autocrat who has his eyes and heart opened -- but not too much -- during a crazy visit to New York City. Rebounding from the disappointing "Bruno,"Baron Cohen employs a comic range that ricochets between wicked political barbs and the lowest anatomical farce, to often funny and occasionally hilarious effect. This is his most conventionally formatted narrative film, without the pretense to catching people off-guard in real situations, and while it will prove too extreme for a portion of the mainstream public, Baron Cohen's fans should generally welcome it to good box-office returns.

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    Dedicated “In loving memory of Kim Jong-il,” who occupied a place of comic honor in "Team America: World Police," "The Dictator" can only have been made with two other late despots, Muammar Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein, especially in mind, given the extent of ego and quantity of medals brandished by Admiral General Aladeen (Baron Cohen) of Wadiya. Instantly recognizable due to his substantial black beard, Aladeen has been in power since the age of 7, sends even valued associates to the executioner for the merest perceived slight and has a wall of photographs of his celebrity sexual conquests, the latest of whom is Megan Fox, seen here making a hasty exit after a handsomely rewarded night between the sheets.

    VIDEO: 'The Dictator' drops Kim Jong-II Ashes on Ryan Seacrest

    Like any notorious tyrant, Aladeen needs at least one double to throw enemies off and even to be assassinated from time to time, which is what gets him into trouble in the quick-firing script by Baron Cohen, Alec Berg, David Mandel and Jeff Schaffer. Aladeen's resentful chief henchman Tamir (Ben Kingsley), finds a dimwitted shepherd who's a twin for his boss and, on a trip to New York, plans to pass the imposter off as the real thing for a speech at the United Nations. Tamir also will have the stand-in sign a new, democratic constitution that will make him and various business associates, notably a Chinese capitalist (Bobby Lee), very rich indeed.

    VIDEO: The Dictator: Trailer

    Sidelined and shorn of his facial shrubbery, Aladeen is relegated to the hoi polloi for the first time in his life -- and in the United States, no less. Much of the film's most successful cultural humor stems from the almost unimaginable relationship between Aladeen, who takes up the name of Allison Burgers, and vegan/feminist/all-natural/way-too-politically correct manager of the Free Earth Collective, Zoey (a brown-haired Anna Faris), whom he first encounters at an anti-Aladeen protest rally. Some truly riotous stuff stems from the interloper's startling verbal and sometimes physical abuse of store customers and staff and Zoey herself, who sometimes gets upset at his all-purpose assault on every race, color and creed but more often doesn't seem to know what the hell he's saying.

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    Further fresh laughs stem from an unexpected reunion with his former chief rocket scientist and nuclear expert Nadal (Jason Mantzoukas), whom Aladeen thought he had executed but who is now among the refugees who cram the “Death to Aladeen” restaurant. The extremes of the film's political black humor arrive in a diabolically clever scene in a tourist helicopter over Manhattan as an older American couple become increasingly alarmed overhearing these two suspicious-looking characters speaking some Middle Eastern language peppered with English phrases like 9/11 (they're actually discussing a Porsche), Empire State Building and Statue of Liberty and making explosion noises. The far shores of outrageous bodily comedy are reached in two scenes at the Collective, one in which Zoey has to teach her odd sort-of boyfriend how to masturbate and another featuring an emergency childbirth in which Aladeen, after successfully seeing it through, blithely asks: “Where's the trash can? It's a girl.”

    VIDEO: The Dictator opening scene

    The climax, naturally, involves the unavoidable encounter of the two Aladeens, real and phony, at the much-anticipated signing of the new democratic constitution. Larry Charles, who guided both Borat and Bruno for Baron Cohen, directs in an entirely unadorned, straightforward manner that means only to serve the augment the comic exploits of the star, though this time without the mockumentary aspects. The pair also continue to acknowledge when enough is enough; this one comes in at a tight 84 minutes, just two minutes longer than its predecessors.

    Although The Dictator arrives at a happy ending, after a fashion, it's more nuanced and intellectually satisfying than one expects and is preceded by a pointed political speech that will rile up pro- and anti-American establishment sentiment for different reasons. Musically, the film is lively and diverse.

    Mostly shot in New York, the film's main overseas setting is the quasi-Moorish-styled Plaza de Espana in Sevilla, Spain, most famously used for the British officers' club in "Lawrence of Arabia."

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  • Massage therapist drops sexual assault lawsuit against John Travolta

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    Updated at 6:30 p.m. PT: One of the two male masseurs who accused John Travolta of sexual assault has dropped his lawsuit, Reuters reported Tuesday. 

    The unidentified man, referred to as John Doe No. 1, who claimed that the Hollywood star groped him during a massage session in Beverly Hills in January, filed a notice of dismissal with federal court in Los Angeles. 

    The man was reported last week to have said he got the wrong date of the alleged incident after photos and restaurant receipts surfaced putting the "Grease" actor in New York on the same day. 

    "The case has been dismissed, but that doesn't mean it can't be refiled," the plaintiff's attorney, Okorie Okorocha, told Reuters. 

    The court incident comes one day after a fourth massage therapist came forward with sexual misconduct allegations against Travolta.

    Okorocha said he will still be going ahead with the lawsuit against Travolta, representing a second unidentified man, John Doe No. 2, who claimed that Travolta rubbed his leg, touched his genitals and tried to initiate sex at a private appointment inside an Atlanta hotel on Jan. 28. 

    Travolta's lawyer Martin Singer has vehemently denied the allegations in the two lawsuits, calling them "absurd and ridiculous." 

    "My client is completely vindicated by Doe No. 1 dropping his claims and dismissing his lawsuit," Singer said in a statement to E! News. "We fully expect that my client will similarly be vindicated with respect to Doe No. 2, as well as with respect to any other person who makes meritless claims against John Travolta."

    Travolta, 58, has been married to actress Kelly Preston since 1991. He found international claim with the movies "Grease" and "Saturday Night Fever" in the 1970s, before going on to grittier roles in "Pulp Fiction". 

    Another male massage therapist makes claims that the actor displayed inappropriate behavior, NBC Buzz reports.

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  • Ellen DeGeneres to receive nation's top humor prize

    WASHINGTON -- Ellen DeGeneres, who broke ground in 1997 as the first lead character on prime-time TV to reveal she was gay, is winning the nation's top humor prize.

    The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced Tuesday that DeGeneres will receive the 15th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. She will be honored Oct. 22 with a lineup of star performers in a tribute show that will be recorded for broadcast at a later date.

    In a written statement, DeGeneres said receiving the same award as past honorees Bill Cosby, Tina Fey and Will Ferrell makes her wonder, "why didn't I get this sooner?"

    It was 15 years ago -- just before the humor prize was created -- when DeGeneres came out on Time magazine's cover and as her character on the sitcom "Ellen" to a record 46 million viewers. The popular show began losing viewers, though, and was canceled a year later. DeGeneres said at the time that ABC caved in to fear and abandoned the show. She faced tough questions over whether the sitcom was "too gay" and if she had torpedoed her career by pushing a "gay agenda."

    "When I'm accused of becoming political, I'm showing love," DeGeneres told ABC's Diane Sawyer in a 1998 interview. "How is that political to teach love and acceptance?"

    The rejection was enough to send DeGeneres into a deep depression.

    "Ellen" paved the way, though, for future shows to also break the taboo of showing gay characters. "Will and Grace" would follow, along with "Glee," "Modern Family" and others.

    DeGeneres bounced back with movie roles, including as the voice of a lead character in the animated film "Finding Nemo." She also has a hit talk show now in its ninth season, best-selling books and had a stint as the fourth judge on "American Idol."

    Cappy McGarr, an executive producer for the Mark Twain Prize show and a Kennedy Center board member, said DeGeneres has a special style of observational humor in the tradition of Twain. She also makes people laugh across political lines.

    "She's not just a comedian," he said. "She's really a miracle worker. She got the president to dance, the first lady to do pushups and (Republican) Tom Delay to laugh."

    The New Orleans native got her start as an emcee at a local comedy club in her hometown. In 1982, a videotape of her club performance won DeGeneres Showtime's "Funniest Person in America." By 1986, she appeared on "The Tonight Show" and became the first female comedian summoned to Johnny Carson's desk to chat about her performance.

    The Mark Twain prize honors people who have an impact on society in the tradition of Samuel Clemens, better known as Twain, as a social commentator and satirist.

    McGarr said the Kennedy Center, which awards the prize, is not making a political statement by selecting the trailblazing DeGeneres.

    "This has nothing to do with any political issue," he said. "But she's brilliantly shined a light on society, and that's what Mark Twain did."

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  • Tom Cruise bares soul in Playboy interview

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    Tom Cruise discusses Scientology, Katie Holmes and rumors of plastic surgery in a candid interview in the June issue of Playboy.

    Despite  being one of the biggest stars on the planet, Tom Cruise has always done everything he can to keep his private life… private.

    But now, in a candid new interview with Playboy magazine, nothing is off limits, as Cruise opens up about his belief in Scientology, his love for wife Katie Holmes and taking on the rumors that target him in the media.

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    “If I don’t talk about my religion, if I say I’m not discussing it or different humanitarian things I’m working on, they’re like, ‘He’s avoiding it.’ If I do talk about it, it becomes, ‘Oh, he’s proselytizing,’” Cruise told Playboy of his faith in Scientology. “I have respect for what other people believe. What I believe in my own life is that it’s a search for how I can do things better, whether it’s being a better man or a better father or finding ways for myself to improve. Individuals have to decide what is true and real for them. I’m fortunate in the life I have.”

    So how does the “Rock of Ages” star deal with rumors that have targeted him and his family over the years?

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    “Does refuting things help? Not really. There comes a point when you just have to go, ‘You know what? Here’s how I’ve lived my life: I’ve never been late to a set. I make films I believe in. I feel privileged to be able to do what I love.’ You just have to keep going and remember that. The other stuff? I hear it, I read it, I get it. But life is not a matter of trying to prove anything to anybody,” Cruise explained.

    But don’t think that Cruise  will just sit idly by if things cross the line.

    “If I have to, I will sue. You start with a letter saying, ‘Okay, you know it’s not true. Apologize.’ But with certain ones you have to go, ‘Okay, you crossed a line, and now you have the attention of my lawyers.’ [laughs] When it involves your kids, you have to go, ‘Here’s the line, and anytime you cross it…,’ ” he added.

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    One rumor Cruise  – who will turn 50 later this summer (July 3) – has no problem confronting is the question of plastic surgery.

    “I haven’t, and I never would,” he told the mag.

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    Even with all of his box office successes, in the end, Cruise  understands what’s important in his life – his family. And, as he explained, when the lines of personal and professional cross, it’s even better.

    “I’ve always had the same values. Family for me has always been important. When I shoot, everybody comes. When Kate’s shooting, I’m there with her and the kids. We’re always together,” Cruise said. “I’m always around my mother and sisters. I always wanted to be a father, a husband. And I’ve always had a work ethic.”

    And when it comes to Katie, Cruise  is happy to boast about his better half.

    “She is an extraordinary person, and if you spent five minutes with her, you’d see it. Everything she does, she does with this beautiful creativity. She’s funny and charming, and when she walks into the room, I just feel better. I’m a romantic. I like doing things like creating romantic dinners, and she enjoys that,” Cruise  said.

    “I don’t know what to say — I’m just happy, and I have been since the moment I met her. What we have is very special,” he added.

    For more with Cruise , check out the June issue of Playboy, on newsstands May 18 or visit playboy.com/cruise.

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  • Johnny Depp, are we over you?

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    Johnny Depp in "Dark Shadows"

    OPINION:If you're a big Johnny Depp fan, you sure didn't show the man much love last weekend. Depp's most recent film, horror-comedy "Dark Shadows," appears to be headed down the road to flop-ville. Is the poor box-office performance the mark of a bad movie, or are we just kind of done with Depp?

    First, let's look at the argument for the former. The meager amount that the Tim Burton vampire spoof made -- just $29 million -- could have had a little to do with "The Avengers." The superhero flick made more than $100 million the same weekend "Dark Shadows" opened; that's some serious dominance. There's also a broader issue of timing that could be at play. It's entirely possible that we're vampire-d out at this point, and that no matter who starred in "Dark Shadows," it just wouldn't have blown the roof off theaters.

    But come on, folks. This is JOHNNY DEPP we are talking about. Few actors have as loyal a fan base, yet he's not reliably opening movies any more. "The Rum Diary" made only $13 million , and let's not even go into the mess that was 2010's "The Tourist." And even though "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" raked in a total of $241 million, it was the lowest-performing film of the franchise when it was released in May 2011.

    So, as a person with no dog in this race -- I am oddly ambivalent when it comes to the man -- I propose that maybe our great love affair with the two-time Sexiest Man Alive winner is over. If he was available, would some want to date him? Sure. But if you don't like him enough to go to his movies, it's not much of a relationship. Johnny, I think we've moved on.

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  • Howie Stern proves a perfect fit on 'America's Got Talent' premiere

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    On the season seven premiere of "America's Got Talent," Howard Stern proved he fit right in with his fellow panelists Sharon Osbourne and Howie Mandel.

    Teenage cloggers, a light up dance squad and a musician paying something called an “earth harp” emerged as early favorites on Monday night’s season premiere of "America's Got Talent."

    But the real story, of course, was the arrival of Howard Stern, who settled into the judges table so perfectly you almost wonder how the show got by for six years without him.

    As promised, the foul mouthed, stripper-loving King of All Media was both compassionate and honest as he sifted through several dozen (mostly horrible) auditions in both Los Angeles and St. Louis. What we didn’t expect was his razor sharp sense of humor.  Stern had a one-liner for just about every occasion.  

    "First of all, I wish I looked like you,” he told one performer.  “God punished me with this face, and you've got my face."

    When Miss Less -- a 55 year-old singer who lets her 22 cockatiels eat out of her mouth -- arrived on stage, Stern couldn’t help but ask the burning question on everybody’s mind:  “If you were on an island and all you had were your birds, would you eat them?”

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    Surprisingly, the biggest insult was not from Stern -- but directed at him.

    After telling an off-key guitar player: “I’ve been in radio 35 years and you are too weird for my show,” the scorned auditioner shot back: “That might hurt my feelings if I respected your opinion.”

    For the most part, season seven looks a lot like all the others.  There was a guy who put scorpions in his mouth, a little girl who looked about 5 performing aerial silks, and a crazy circus sideshow act who stuck long needles through his cheeks. (Ouch!)

    Among the night’s most memorable acts:

    WILLIAM CLOSE, 42 (sculptor/musician)
    Close had the judges eating out of his hand as he played his homemade “earth harp” -- a giant instrument with strings that spanned all the way to the rear of the Orpheum Theatre. "I made my career on originality, and I bow to you,” Stern praised. “Perfect."  This act was by far the most impressive to look at, but you have to wonder how he can step it up each week. Expect William to advance to New York but fizzle out by the semifinals.

    BEN BLAQUE, 32 (crossbow shooter)
    The night’s scariest act involved Ben -- who looks like he just stepped out of the pages of GQ -- shooting arrows at tiny objects while trying not to impale his brand new assistant. (He made no specific mention of what happened to his last helper. Perhaps what we don’t know won’t hurt us.)  Since no blood was shed, Howard loved it. Expect Ben to also make it to the live shows, but not much further.

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    LIGHT WIRE THEARE, 25 - 43 (dance company)
    The crowd in St. Louis LOVED this troupe that created cool visual effects by wearing light up costumes in total darkness. Just one problem: haven’t we seen this somewhere before? Last year Team iLuminate did the EXACT SAME ACT (without the fake dinosaurs).  They made it all the way to third place. These guys will need to show us something much more original to have that kind of a run.

    ELEMENT DANCE CRU, 12 - 18 (cloggers)
    So this is what clogging looks like in the 21st century? Hip, urban, cool. All three judges love them.  Well, they were the most original dance team of the night and are our sleeper act to make the top ten.

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  • Betty White is scared, but ready for upcoming roast: 'Bring it on!'

    With two TV shows ("Betty White's Off Their Rockers" and "Hot in Cleveland") currently on her schedule, there's no question that Betty White is still red hot at 90 (or pretty much any other age). And now she's about to get even hotter, at a Friar's Club roast to be held Wednesday. It might not be the most comfortable evening of her life, but White told TODAY's Ann Curry she's ready to take it on the chin.

    "I'm scared about," she said at first of the roast. "I have no idea what's going to happen." But a moment later, she added, "Bring it on. We'll handle it the best we can. The most I'd have to do is run away from home."

    Not likely, now that both "Rocker" and "Cleveland" are success stories. White wondered to Curry about having two hit shows: "Is it greed? Do you think it's greed?"

    But, as she acknowledges, it's not just about being healthy and happy in her 10th decade of life: There's a lot of luck involved, too. "I am the luckiest old broad on two feet, trust me," she said. "I love what I do. I'm blessed with good health and great energy, so what's to say 'no' to?"

    She paused, slyly looking around the studio. "Well, I know what's to say 'no' to. I used to."

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  • Bret Michaels settles head-banging Tony Awards lawsuit

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    Bret Michaels' Tony Awards headache has finally come to an end. The 49-year-old Poison frontman settled with the musical awards show and CBS Broadcasting Monday, after filing a lawsuit back in March 2011 for an onstage mishap during the 2009 Tonys that he claims caused him to have a brain hemorrhage.

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    According to Michaels, it wasn't explained to him that a set change would occur after his band's performance during the show, and he was consequently hit in the head by a set piece when he remained onstage.

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    The rocker suffered a brain hemorrhage 10 months later.

    Terms of the settlement agreement were not released.

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